5^4 CXXII. COMPOSITE. 



or style of the $ flowers undivided. Achenes 3-4-aiigled, or terete, or often variously com- 

 pressed, naked or crowned with 2-4 slender or snb-paleaceons awns, sometimes mixed with 

 scales. — Leaves opposite, rai'elj^ alternate. Corolla of the disk usually yellow, of the ray 

 usually of the same colour. Clibadmm, Polymnia, Espeletia, Melampodium, Silplvmin, Parthe- 

 iiium-, Xantliium, Zinnia, Siegeishecki'a, Eclipta, Rwdbeclda, Weclelia, Viguiera, Helianthus, Encelia, 

 Verbeshia, Spilantlies, Coreopsis, DaJilia, Bidens, Galea, Hemizonia, &c. 



Teibe VI. Helbnioide^;. — Heads heterogamous, radiate, rarely discoid, or with the ray 

 suppressed and then homogamous. Receptacle naked. Anther-cells without tails. Style- 

 arms in 5 flowers truncate or appendiculate. Achenes narrow or turbinate, 4-5-angled or 

 8-00 -ribbed, rarely naked, usually crowned with palese or bristles. — Leaves opposite or alternate. 

 Involucral bracts 1-2- (rarely 3-4-) seriate, herbaceous or membranous. Corollas of the ray 

 usually yellow, of the disk the same, rarely diflerently coloured. Bahia, LapKamia, Flaveria, 

 Tagetes, Pectis, Gaillardia, &c. 



Teibe VII. Anthemidej:. — Heads heterogamous, rayed or discoid, or with the ray sup- 

 pressed and then homogamious. Involucral bracts, 2-x -seriate, dry or scarious at the tips. 

 Receptacle paleaceous or naked. Anther-cells without tails. Style-arms truncate. Pappus 0, 

 or coroniform, rarely shortly paleaceous. — Leaves usually alternate. Corolla of the disk yellow, 

 of the ray the saipe or of a different colour. Eriocephalns, Athanasia, Achillea, Anthemis, 

 Chrysanthemum, Matricaria, Gotula, Tanacetiim, Artemisia, &o. 



Tbibb VIII. Senecionide^. — Heads heterogamous, rayed or discoid, or with the ray 

 suppressed and then homogamous. Involucral bracts : inner 1-seriate, sub-equal ; outer small 

 or 0, rarely oo -seriate and imbricate. Receptacle usually naked. Anther-cells without a tail 

 at the base or only mucronate. Style-arms of the 5 flowers truncate or appendiculate. 

 Pappus most often setose. — Leaves usually alternate. Corolla of the disk usually yellow, of 

 the ray the same or differently coloured. Liabum, Tussilago, Petasites, Arnica, Doronicum, 

 Gulcitium, Gynwa, Cineraria, Seneaio, Gynoxys, Weme.ria, ISuryops, Othonna. 



Teibe IX. CALENDULEiE. — Heads rayed. Involucral bracts 1-2-seriate, sub-equal, narrow. 

 Receptacle naked. Anther-cells mucronate or shortly. tailed at the base. Style-arms of g 

 flowers truncate, style of the $ undivided, Achenes usually of various forms or very thick, 

 naked or crowned with wool. — Leaves usually alternate or radical. Dimorphotheca, Calendula, 

 Tripteris, Osteospermimh. 



Teibe X. Aectotidej!. — Heads rayed, rarely homogamous. Involucral bracts oo -seriate, 

 usually scarious and spinescent at the tips. Receptacle naked, paleaceous or pitted. Anther- 

 cells without tails. Style-arms in ^ flowers usually short, rounded, obtuse, rarely truncate at - 

 the tip ; style of the $ flowers undivided. Achenes (usually thick) naked or with paleaceous 

 or coroniform pappus. — Leaves radical or alternate. TJrsinia, Arctotis, Tenidnvm, Oazania, 

 Berhheya, CvAhiniia, &o. 



Teibe XI. Ctnaeoide^s. — Heads homogamous ; flowers all tubular. Involucral bracts 

 many-seriate, imbricate, tips often scarious or spinescent or foliaceous. Receptacle often 

 fleshy, densely setose or paleaceous, rarely shortly alveolate. Corolla-limb narrow, deeply 5-fid. 

 Anther-cells without tails. Style sub-entire or with short erect arms, thickened and hairy at 

 the base of the stigmatiferous portion. Achenes usually hard ; pappus setose or paleaceous, 

 rarely 0. — Leaves alternate, usually spinous. jEehinops, Carlina, Atractylis, Cousvida, Gardims 

 Cnicus, Onopordon, Cynara, Saussurea, Jurinea, Serratula, Oentawrea, Carthamus, Gardn.mcellus, 

 &c. 



Teibe XII. MuTisiACEiE. — Heads heterogamous or homogamous, rayed or not. Involucral 



